1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c b/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
index b5e29cd72..83f6da180 100644
--- a/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
+++ b/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ extern int hash_files(int argc, char **argv, const uint8_t hash_algo)
                                 if (!(flags & FLAG_SILENT))
                                         printf("%s: FAILED\n", filename_ptr);
                                 count_failed++;
+                                return_value = EXIT_FAILURE;
                         }
                         /* possible free(NULL) */
                         free(hash_value);
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ extern int hash_files(int argc, char **argv, const uint8_t hash_algo)
 
                         hash_value = hash_file(file_ptr, hash_algo);
                         if (hash_value == NULL) {
-                                return_value++;
+                                return_value = EXIT_FAILURE;
                         } else {
                                 printf("%s  %s\n", hash_value, file_ptr);
                                 free(hash_value);